Redshade

Tha's tekking mi back a bit theer Albert o'd lad.

And a few hundred Skunky if you recall a previous conversation.

Yes, a bit frustrating in retrospect (I have 20/20 vision in retrospection) I left a pre-bid of £32 and the other chap must've left a higher amount (duh!) and the system just went up to the next highest bid for him.

Yes, I thought that you would Steve that's part of the reason I had a stab. I left a bid of £32 when it was at £10.50 yesterday and I was 75% certain that I would win it. I wonder who it was?

I'm not sure how to find old posts in this system so apologies in advance if this missive is in an incorrect place. There has been discussions in the pages about the Canadian Century comics (Skunky, Dr Mercy and others which I have) and when I saw this on eBay UK I had to have a pop. Alas my bid of £32 was not high enough. Was it one of you bounders?

I don't think Mr Gold's two employees Candy and Crystal quite had the experience of Gladys and Ethel although some say they were a right pair of old stampers

Yes, I saw that Steve. There are a lot of "regular" non comic Antiques Auctioneers out there now becoming comic savvy and this is the route I would go down with a large collection to sell. Even if they charge commission for doing so you would still be better off than succumbing to a dealer's "great offer" of whatever lowball amount they proffer these days. And don't even think about doing it oneself on eBay or whatever.

It's too far in the past now for me to remember specifics but I would say that DC (and Gold Key and various funny animal titles) were far more prevalent in my neck of the woods than were Marvel. Perhaps the Marvel comics were snapped up first by the early birds. They were part of my childhood reading though so perhaps scarcity is a false memory and Marvels were better sourced in the second-hand market. Although I do recall that earlier on in my childhood I found Marvel comics boring because it was "all just fighting every time", and no matter how cheesy DC comics were from an adult perspective I liked them because they had a proper story with a beginning, a middle and an ending all contained within the same comic. I remember that I got some decent runs put together although there was always the occasional missing issue for whatever reason.

I've told this story before in other sites but here goes. In the 60s (I was born in 1955) along with the daily paper and my mother's various magazines I had my Beano and Dandy (and later Victor and Hotspur) delivered by the paper boy. I had to walk to the newsagents to purchase American comics. I remember asking the newsagent (Mr Hartley was a patient man) why I couldn't order and have delivered my favourite Superman and Batman comics. He told me that he himself couldn't order specific US comics and that he had to take whatever they sent him. This was in the old West Riding. There were other outlets where one could get hold of mainly second hand comics such as Market stalls, Church Fetes and School Bring and Buy Sales. And of course we used to swap comics in the school playground. Primary school that was, one learned not to mention soppy comics when one started at secondary school.

I too came to this conclusion after seeing an article somewhere that said that they were remaindered copies. I cannot recall (nor retrieve) the actual wording of the altercation and my refutation of it. I think that I may have mentioned this somewhere in these pages but the relocation of such musings are beyond my capabilities. (smile)

I bought the catalogue from a dealer (sorry, can't remember whom) some years ago. Rather appositely it is a xeroxed copy complete with occasional tick marks at the side of some of the titles.

"That one on the top level there please".

I have never seen this periodical before Albert. The only name that I recognise apart from Denis Gifford is Steve Holland, although it gives an idea of where B Whitworth was coming from (and I don't mean Lancashire). I wonder what The Showroom was?

". . . and no sales he would soon go bust.". I think that the enterprise was more of a side-line than a steady flow of income. "And where did he stand legally, especially copying Superadventure/Superboy/Superman comics". Notice that he always copied reprint comics rather than directly from DC issues. Even so I would imagine that he wouldn't have had a leg to stand on from a legal point of view.